Bellator 149 results: Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock

Royce Gracie

HOUSTON – Nearly twenty-three years after they first stepped into a cage, Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock hoped to settle a score. Instead, they met controversy.

An errant knee to Shamrock’s (28-17-2 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) groin – discernible only upon video replay – set up an early TKO for Gracie (15-2-3 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) and brought a sour end to an event already going downhill fast.

The light heavyweight bout was the main event of the Spike broadcast card from Toyota Center in Houston following preliminary bouts on MMAjunkie.

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Up-to-the-minute Bellator 149 results include:

• Royce Gracie def. Ken Shamrock via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:22
• Kevin Ferguson def. Dhafir Harris via TKO (punches and exhaustion) – Round 3, 1:32
• Derek Campos def. Melvin Guillard via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 0:34
• Linton Vassell def. Emmanuel Newton via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-27, 29-27)
• Emmanuel Sanchez def. Daniel Pineda via split decision (28-29, 29-27, 29-28)
• Isaac Villanueva def. Richard Knepp via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:42
• Jeremy Mahon def. Davis Sylvester via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:22
• Adrian Yanez def. Ryan Hollis via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Jason Langellier def. Anthony Ivy via submission (anaconda choke) – Round 1, 2:09
• Justin Wren def. Juan Torres via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Mike Trinh def. Angel Zamora via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 3:49
• C.J. Hancock def. Ruben Esparsa submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:26
• Manny Lozoya def. Jacob Norsworthy via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:33

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